Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – With movable closure
Patent
1990-10-25
1994-01-04
Phillips, Charles E.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
With movable closure
A47K 308
Patent
active
052748570
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a bath and shower device with a bathtub and a related shower partition attached to a wall above the upper edge of the bathtub, wherein the bathtub has, on the bottom, a plane base and wherein the shower partition consists of several segments that are hinged to one another and which are fastened to the wall to be able to swing and to fold from an unfolded shower position, forming a shower stall, into a rest position folded on the wall, freeing the bathtub, and vice versa. The invention also relates to a bathtub by itself, especially for use in such a bath and shower device, as well as a shower partition by itself, also especially for use in such a bath and shower device.
Bath and shower devices of the type in question are known (German Utility Model Nos. 7 838 258, 1 997 830). With the bathtub of the known bath and shower device, from which the invention originates, the base on the bottom of the bathtub is provided on one end of the bathtub. The user's freedom of movement is restricted there. Moreover, the user can take a comfortable reclining position only at the end opposite the base. In the known bath and shower devices, the shower partition can be a shower curtain or a solid partition, known in the art, consisting of several hinged segments. With a solid shower partition, the segments in any case are fastened to swing on a wall. However, these known solid shower partitions can be used only in corner areas, by which again the user's freedom of movement is restricted. Further, the segments of the shower partition hardly offer any support if a user should slip in the bathtub, so that injuries occur often in such cases.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to improve a bath and shower device of the type in question with regard to shower and safety engineering. Another object of the invention is also to provide a bathtub of improved configuration that is not only usable in such a bath and shower device but is also independently universally usable. Finally, a further object of the invention is to configure a shower partition so as to be usable in such a bath and shower device and to also be universally usable independently of such a bath and shower device, especially in connection with shower bases.
The objects indicated above are achieved in a bath and shower device having a bathtub and a related shower partition attached to a wall above an upper edge of the bathtub and in which the bathtub has a planar base on its bottom and the shower partition is formed of several segments that are hinged to one another so as to be able to swing and fold, by the base, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub, being placed approximately in the center of the bottom. With regard to the shower partition, the shower partition correspondingly comprises one subunit or two subunits, which in the shower position forms/form with the wall to which it/they is/are fastened a shower stall, that is closed on all sides.
In regard to the bathtub, by the central arrangement of the base, the user's freedom of movement is considerably greater than with known bathtubs. Further, the two ends of the bathtub can be configured so that a comfortable reclining position in the bathtub is possible. The configuration of the shower partition according to the invention corresponds to the configuration of the bathtub inasmuch as it creates the conditions for a comfortable shower with great freedom of movement.
The invention is explained below in greater detail with reference to the drawings which represent only illustrative embodiments.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a top view of an especially preferred bathtub, especially for a bath and shower device according to the invention,
FIG. 2 is a side elevation of a shower partition consisting of two subunits, superposed on a bathtub and in which solid lines show the shower partition in a shower position, while the broken lines show the shower partition in a rest position,
FIG. 3 is a top view of the bath and
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Bergmann -Ing. K.
Laeller Klaus
Strack Ludger
Ideal-Standard GmbH
Phillips Charles E.
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